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Short title: Clere v Somerset. Plaintiff(s): Sir Edward Clere, of Blickling (Norfolk)....
Catalogue reference: E 134/33and34Eliz/Mich3
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This record is about the Short title: Clere v Somerset. Plaintiff(s): Sir Edward Clere, of Blickling (Norfolk).... dating from 1591 Oct 9-1591 Nov 29 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- E 134/33and34Eliz/Mich3
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1591 Oct 9-1591 Nov 29
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Description (What the record is about)
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Short title: Clere v Somerset.
Plaintiff(s): Sir Edward Clere, of Blickling (Norfolk).
Defendant(s): Janet, now wife of Mr Somerset, and late widow of Robert Whitney.
Subject of depositions: Right and title to lands in Thetford and Westwick (Norfolk), Elvedon (Suffolk), and Downham (Norfolk), the late priory of monks of Thetford; the possessions of Thomas Duke, of Norfolk, William Dix. Tithes of the parishes of St Peter and St Andrew, Thetford, the late canons of Thetford, and Phillip Earl of Arundel.
County/place: Norfolk; Suffolk.
Date of commission: 23 June 1591.
Additional information: interrogatories and depositions.
Deponent(s): John Smyth; John Stallham (2); Thomas Fulmerston; Miles Clerke (2); John Waters; John Large; John Hawkyns; John Crowne; Thomas Allen (2); Robert Robynson, alias Sonders; Walter Eldred (2); Robert Browne; Nicholas Raynberd; Robert Cooper; Henry Buller; John Tolton.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- E 134/33&34Eliz/Mich3
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Litigation
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3701649/
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E 134
Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Depositions taken by Commission
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